What lessons can be taken from early prevention strategies targeted at vulnerable groups (e.g. those at risk from domestic violence, rough sleeping and homelessness)? What implications do they have for effective policy design?
Background
To facilitate greater collaboration on research around the drivers of homelessness and rough sleeping, and further explore social, economic and fiscal costs. And to build the evidence on the most effective measures to support people to remain off the streets.
Next steps
The lead contacts are: Lesley Smith, Senior Principal Research Officer, Analysis, Research and Co-ordination Unit, Analysis and Data Directorate: Lesley.Smith@levellingup.gov.uk and David Hughes, Head of the Chief Scientific Adviser’s office: psChiefScientificAdviser@levellingup.gov.uk.
Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Research fields
Related UKRI funded projects
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Making Every Community Asset Count: Improving Health and Reducing Inequalities for People Experiencing Homelessness
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Funded by: AHRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses early prevention strategies for homelessness and rough sleeping, and implications for policy design with expertise in the field.
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Building and evidencing community asset partnerships in housing and health to address health disparities in North East North CumbriaAH/X009211/1
Groups that experience the worst health outcomes include people in coastal communities (like in the North East and North Cumbria), experiencing homelessness, dependent on drugs or alcohol, vulnerable migrants, people in ...
Funded by: AHRC
Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses early prevention strategies targeted at vulnerable groups, such as those at risk from domestic violence, rough sleeping, and homelessness, and explores effective policy design.
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COVID-19 and rough sleepers: a randomised controlled trial to evaluate models of housing and support to reduce infection and homelessness
As part of the government's response to COVID-19, 15,000 rough sleepers have now been offered self-contained temporary accommodation in England, mainly in hotels. This approach, which has involved the decanting of hostel...
Funded by: COVID
Why might this be relevant?
The project evaluates models of housing and support to reduce infection and homelessness among rough sleepers, which is relevant to the question on early prevention strategies and effective policy design.